Kieran Donaghy has backed calls for video and score detection technology to be introduced to the GAA.

While Hawk-Eye score detection technology is set to be trialled at Croke Park this summer, the Kerry star believes more could be done to eliminate incorrect refereeing calls such as Kevin McManamon's double hop in the closing stages of last year's All-Ireland final.

"The GAA have this kind of thing that, 'oh, we can't do it in Croke Park because we can't do it everywhere else'," the former Footballer of the Year said.

"I think it is a bit of a way out, to be honest with you. I think every game that is on in Croke Park, they have the advantages of two big screens and you can have a referee sitting where you have a fourth official just putting-up sub boards and that sort of thing.

"He could be doing a bit more, maybe ask him to check out if something was a free or not a free, is it a point or isn't it, or was it a 45 or not a 45. I think in every game in Croke Park, it is that simple, it is that quick. What you eliminate then is fans being upset, referees and umpires getting grief after the game.

"You eliminate it because these guys are making decisions on what they see in live time and live time is not always as easy as we think it is. When we see a replay on the television we tend to go, 'oh how did he get that wrong?'

"In live time that is a split-second decision, often a guess. It definitely would help and I definitely think it is an option to bring in for every game in Croke Park. Every game in Croke Park is a big game." Tweet

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